Scrooge's Cryptic Carol: Visions of Energy, Time, and Quantum Nature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780387948003)

When the destination sign on Scrooges train reads "HEAT DEATH" instead of "HEATHROW," when his dead partner Marleys face appears as a talking head in a department store TV, and when the street lights outside his flat begin acting strangely, it is a sign of a bad night to come. Like his famous ancestor, the modern Scrooge is about to be visited by ghosts. But its not his hard heart that needs opening; its his closed mind. Physicist Robert Gilmore, author of the popular Alice in Quantumland, presents here a delightful takeoff, where the three visitations represent Science Past, Present and Future. For everyone who wants a playful, painless yet surprisingly sophisticated introduction to the ideas of modern physics, this is a brilliant tour de force and a charming read.

Author: Robert Gilmore
ISBN-10: 0387948007
ISBN-13: 9780387948003
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Language: English
Published: 08/29/1996
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.45w x 1.09d